Question

A antimicrobial method that reduced a population from 10000 to 100 cells in 10 minutes has a decimal reduction time of _______.

Answer 1

Decimal reduction time
`= 990` cells per minute

Step-by-step explanation:

Given -

Initial population of cells
`=10000`

Final population of cells
`=100`

Total change in population of cells is equal to final population of cells minus the initial population of cells.

Total change in population of cells
`= 10000-100\\= 9900\\`

Total time taken by cell to reduce
`= 10` minutes

Decimal reduction time

`= (9900)/(10) \\= 990` cells per minute